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  • DIY relief effort delivers for Wind River

    April 17, 2020 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: Réunion, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

    Two women living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming helped to provide mutual aid when they saw many families in the area facing difficulties during the onset of the pandemic. The pair set up a fundraising page and a Google form to raise funds and track peoples' needs and started distributing goods like groceries, diapers, and hand sanitizers to over 300 families on the reservation.

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  • Rave on: how livestreamed DJ sets are keeping club culture alive

    April 17, 2020 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    United We Stream (UWS) is a Berlin-based collaboration of nightlife businesses aiming to keep their businesses and club culture alive – and keep people entertained – during mandated closures because of COVID-19. With nightlife being hit hard by long-term closures, the collaboration offers live-stream DJ sets and asks for donations for participating businesses, with the hope that after the pandemic subsides, Europe’s club culture will survive.

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  • Who is helping Texas businesses save jobs?

    April 17, 2020 |

    KTRK-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Sugarland, Texas

    Community banks in Texas have outpaced much larger national banks in approving and funding loans that are keeping businesses afloat during the pandemic-induced lockdown. The lone star state leads in the number of loans processed totaling $17 billion - saving a reported 200,000 jobs. Businesses in Texas have received more loans than any other state due to community banks that have been working around the clock. The banks have managed to approve as many loans as they typically would in an 18-month period.

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  • Doctors Bring Coronavirus Testing To Underserved Communities

    April 17, 2020 |

    Iowa Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles County, marginalized communities are less likely to have easy access to COVID-19 testing, so a non-profit has launched pop-up testing sites that also offer virtual healthcare visits, wellness checks, and a crisis buddy. The tests are administered for free for those who are uninsured, while those who can afford to pay the cost are asked to make a donation.

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  • Once-Struggling New Jersey Farm Offers Bounty of Vegetables and More to Social-Distancing Customers

    April 16, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennington, New Jersey

    With grocery stores at capacity with delivery services, and people not wanting to leave their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, local farms like Honey Brook Organic Farm are seeing huge increases in business. The New Jersey farm had already started shifting from a CSA model to delivery, so they used that infrastructure to easily pivot. Collaboration with other local farms has been key, so beyond their produce, they’re partnering with their network to deliver meat, eggs, and even prepared meals from local restaurants.

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  • Drive-through food distribution at SAC draws long lines, thousands of families

    April 15, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    Santa Ana College hosted a makeshift food pantry on their campus (organized by Orange County-based nonprofits Power of One Foundation and Official No One Left Behind), distributing a week's worth of food for a family of five to over 4,000 waiting cars. This amount of food is expected to feed about 20,000 people. The college was already aware of food insecurity on campus and was even in the beginning stages of addressing that issue when the pandemic hit. They are now shifting how they can address food insecurity with the influence of COVID-19.

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  • Making a difference: Madison makers build safety equipment for frontlines of COVID-19 fight

    April 15, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Innovation labs, makerspaces, and fabrication laboratories are just a few of the entities that helping to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals by creating face shields and masks. In Madison, Wisconsin, the design for a custom-made medical face shield prototype created by Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab only uses three materials and has been approved by the university's infection control department. To help others join in efforts, the engineers made the design available online and it has now "been picked up by manufacturers around the world."

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  • South Africa flattens its coronavirus curve—and considers how to ease restrictions

    April 15, 2020 |

    Science Magazine |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    Like countries around the world, South Africa imposed strict social distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. After a few weeks, they’re seeing that slowdown happening and using it to build in additional safety measures, like screening for additional testing, building field hospitals, and sending community health care workers into smaller villages and towns.

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  • Local Church Doubles Attendance Without Seating a Single Person

    April 15, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Watkinsville, Georgia

    Watkinsville First Baptist Church in Georgia moved their religious services online as early as March 15th, 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since the church began posting their services every Sunday morning, they have seen their attendance nearly double compared to in-person attendance. They also interact with the congregation through their Facebook page, website, and email. They plan on continuing to post their services online even after the quarantine ends, because they're expecting things to continue to be different after the pandemic.

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  • Pittsburgh nonprofit providing resources, help for African American community amid COVID-19

    April 15, 2020 |

    WPXI-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    In cities across the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color in part due to a lack of information being provided to these areas. A non-profit in Pittsburg is working to close that gap by hosting a weekly virtual townhall that connects the black community with doctors, state lawmakers and health care workers.

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